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I like your tests and the quality of the pictures that the camera make is one of the main argument to buy it. But why are you using nearly only 100 ASA exposed Pictures in the “sample images”? 3 Pictures or more of the same motifs with the same Film speed say nothing more. One with 400, the other with 100 is more meaningful!
Thank you.

The test shows the WX7 cameras takes some of the worst pictures among ultra compacts. Even compared to TX5 or TX7 much worse. The WX1 wasn’t a stellar, but reasonable perfomer with each generation of the WX series getting worse. (mainly due to the bad lens I guess? Other Sony’s with the same sensor perform much better).

So why still give it a “recommended”? I think sometimes one should be brave and say not-recommended. I know, Sony wouldn’t like it…

I understand what you mean, Simon, but it’s not like that. If I don’t think a camera makes the grade, I will mark it as such. However, the overall score for me is an average of the other grades combined with how much I actually enjoyed using the camera.
I hope that helps. :O)

I don’t understand why getting the video’s of the sd card would be a nightmare, it just like with the WX5 in a AVHCD format and directly playable in wmp or mediacenter. I sometimes feel that the expectations are unrealistic for this kind of digital cameras, this camera is smaller than f.e. my “old” WX5 and gives comparable picture quality. For dailly use it suits it’s purpose.
If I want better pictures, than I take my NEX C3. Simple as that.

I got this camera. I find that it is unable to take clear pictures of my computer keyboard and text, etc. What settings do I require to use for a clear picture of each of the keys in my keyboard or any other such items?

By the way ! How can I choose/change/see ISO in the WX7 ? I am pretty lost by the quantity o f proposals all around. I am sorry there isn’t a
BW option too !!! Bought one hour ago… a bit diceived already ... gadgety ! But the iso ? Where to change/use them ? Thanks

It seems like I’m unable to adjust the ISO when shooting in low light. It automatically chooses an ISO based on the brightness of the environment. Most of the time, it goes up to ISO 3200 at low night which I take a picture in low light, which makes the picture pretty fizzy.

On the “Sample Images” for this camera on this website, the second last picture it’s shot at it’s lowest ISO (ISO 100). I’m not sure how they got the ISO to it’s lowest…Which setting did the photographer use???

@ Joe use “Twilight portrait (has flash)” or “Twilight (if you have use a tripod)” to get ISO100 pictures.
Yes, the color does look “bold” on your camera display, but you view it on your computer, it looks normal.

I really dont understand what all u people want…u cannot get everything perfect..each person has its own views I AGREE..i have not seen any single disadvantage of this camera & for me this camera is best among all if we look at the price and compare it with other cameras and company..!

I’d love to know how to have the entire photo in focus!! Just looked at what I was hoping were going to be some great Fall color pics and around the outside edge of the shots it’s very grainy. I have it on Superior Auto setting. Could you please tell me exactly what the setting should be to have a landscape/distance photo entirely in focus so I can print off decent enlargements without cropping off the out of focus bits? Thanks!

I bought this compact camera a couple of months ago, and I’m terribly disappointed with it for several reasons. I bought it because it seemed to be a great choice for low light conditions, but I regret my choice.

The video quality is outstanding, but the format is unusable & unrecognised by Mac computers. My computer always struggles to detect & launch iPhoto when I connect this camera (no problem with a Canon).

The second big downside is how slow it is to process pictures when taken at 16 MP resolution.

The third downside to it is that the little control wheel at the top of the camera is very sensitive. At the slightest little touch to it as you want to reach for the shutter, it goes into settings mode. That’s very frustrating. PS: I have rather thin fingers.

I hate it so much that I’ve reverted back to using my (slightly defective due to over-use) Canon IXUS 970is.

You have no technical knowledge regarding cameras…either photography…stop taking reviews…...I’ve been using this camera for 2 years…it’s just perfect in it’s segment…only 5x opt Zoom should be 10x…and the video recording is just awesome really…quit this job you’ll collapse the website/company whatever

all the pics on my site minus in the sample pics are with this camera, it works just fine if you know what you are doing,oh the very last pic on the sample page with the guy with the white guitar is with the wx7 as well :)

I have had this camera for nearly 2 years and have several issues that are forcing me to replace now.
1). Over saturated images
2) slow start up
3) slow to start video. Very slow.
4). Poor battery life
5). When zooming out there is a small zoom in at the end, which makes a real mess of video shooting.

I notice Sony have not issued any new firmware for this, which leaves me to believe either the problem is on my camera only or Sony don’t care about this type of camera user.
It’s not As if this was a real cheap point and shoot.